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Tag Archives: Community Mental Health
Demand for Mental Health Inpatient Beds in England (BBC News / NHS Strategy Unit)
Summary Hundreds more NHS mental health beds would be required in England to end the practice of sending patients far from home for treatment (so called “out-of-area placements”). An NHS Strategy Unit report explores the pressures on inpatient mental health … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS), Average Distances Travelled by Patients at CCGs and Local Area Teams, Care Integration, Commission on Acute Adult Psychiatric Care, Commissioning for Parity of Esteem, Commissioning Support Units (CSUs), Community Care, Community Care Beds and Services, Community Mental Health, Community Mental Health Services, Community-Based Interventions, Community-Based Mental Health and Social Care Services, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Far-Away Placements in Mental Health Services: Adults in Acute Inpatient Care, Improving Acute Psychiatric Care for Adults in England, Inappropriate Far-Away Placements, Inappropriate OAPs (sic), Inappropriate Out of Area Treatments, Independent Commission on Acute Adult Psychiatric Care, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Mental Health Inpatient Capacity, Mental Health Patients Forced to Travel, Mental Health Policy, Mental Health Services, NHS Commissioning Support Units (CSUs), NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU, NHS Strategy Unit, Out of Area Placements (OAPs), Out of Area Placements in Mental Health Services: Adults in Acute Inpatient Care, Out-of-Area Care, Parity Between Mental and Physical Health, Parity of Esteem, Reducing Out of Area Placements (OAPs), Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP), Sustainability and Transformation Partnership, Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs)
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Demcare Research: On the Management of Challenging Behaviour in People With Dementia at Home and in Care Homes (NIHR)
Summary A highly detailed and intensive collection of research activity concentrated on various aspects of the management of challenging behaviour in care homes (“ResCare”) and in family care at home (“FamCare”). “This research programme on dementia care found neither staff … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, NIHR, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, Telecare, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Aggression, Bangor University, Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Bupa, Care and Support for People With Dementia in Care Homes, Care Homes, Carer Burden in Dementia, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Caring for Family Carers, Centre for Health Economics and Medicines Evaluation: Bangor University, Challenge FamCare, Challenge ResCare, Challenging Behaviour, Challenging Behaviour in Dementia, Community Mental Health, Community Mental Health Services, Dementia Services Development Centre: Bangor University, Faculty of Health Sciences: University of Hull, FamCare Study, Family Carers, Hull and East Yorkshire, Humber NHS Foundation Trust, Institute of Mental Health: University of Nottingham, Integrated Care and Support, Integrated Care for Older People With Complex Needs, King’s College London, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), North Wales Clinical Psychology Programme: Bangor University, North Wales Organisation for Randomised Trials in Health: Bangor University, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR), Realist Evaluations, Reducing Agitation and Distress, Reducing Violence and Aggression, REMCARE: Reminiscence Groups for People With Dementia and Their Family Caregivers, ResCare Trial, Research and Development: Humber NHS Foundation Trust, School of Health Sciences: University of East Anglia, Social Care Workforce Research Unit: King’s College London, Swansea Trials Unit: Swansea University, Swansea University, University of Bradford, University of East Anglia, University of Hull, University of Nottingham, Unpaid Carers
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Assessing the Effectiveness of Crisis Teams for the Management of Older People With Dementia (Clinical Interventions in Aging)
Summary A recent systematic review of the literature, scoping the roles of crisis intervention teams working with older people with dementia, and attempting to assess their effectiveness, was performed. The authors were able to find only limited evidence that crisis … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Achieving Quality and Effectiveness in Dementia Using Crisis Teams (AQUEDUCT) Study, Ageing Population, AQUEDUCT Programme, Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Carer Burden in Dementia, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Clinical Interventions in Aging, Community Mental Health, Community Mental Health Services, Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs), Community-Dwelling Older People with Dementia, Crisis Resolution, Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHT), Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Teams (CRHTTs), Crisis Resolution Teams, Crisis Resolution Teams (CRTs), Crisis Teams, Crisis Teams for the Management of Older People With Dementia, Dementia and Intensive Support Teams, Dementia Crisis Support Teams, Dementia Rapid Response Teams, Home Treatment Programme Study, Institute of Mental Health: University of Nottingham, Intensive Recovery Intervention Services, Memory Assessment Services (MAS), Mental Health Intensive Recovery, Mental Health Service for Older People, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), NHS Community Mental Health, North East London NHS Foundation Trust, Older People With Dementia (OPWD), Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Crisis Resolution Teams, Professor Martin Orrell, Realist Reviews, Research and Development: North East London NHS Foundation Trust, Support at Home Interventions to Enhance Life in Dementia Projec, University of Nottingham
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Dementia Assessment and Referral to GPs: DeAR-GP (NICE / HIN)
Summary It was already known that between 75% – 89% of care home residents have dementia, but many of these persons do not receive a diagnosis. The Health Innovation Network (HIN) worked with five care homes to design the Dementia … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Access to Care, Access to Healthcare Services, Access to Primary Care, Access to Services, Activity in Care Homes, Adult Mental Health Services, AMT-4 (Abbreviated Mental Test – 4) Case-Finding Tools, Assessment and Referral, Best Practice in Care Homes, Care and Support for People With Dementia in Care Homes, Care Homes, Care Homes Wellbeing, Care Homes: Last Year of Life, Care of Older People Living in Care Homes, Case Finding, Case Finding for Patients with Dementia, Case Finding in Care Home Sector, Commissioning for Excellence in Care Homes, Community Mental Health, Community Referrals, Confusion in Care Homes, Delirium in Care Homes, Dementia (QS1), Dementia Assessment Referral to GP (DeAR-GP), Dementia Care in Care Homes, Dementia Case Finding, Dementia Case-Finding Tools (Evaluation in Care Homes), Dementia Support Services in Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Department of HealthCare Management, Diagnosis and Referral, Elderly Mental Health, Emotional and Psychological Wellbeing, Enhanced Health in Care Homes, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University (Greifswald Germany), Faculty of Law and Economics: Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University, German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Germany, Health Innovation Network (HIN), Identification and Referral, Improving Standards in Care Homes, Living Well in Care Homes, Memory Assessment Services, Memory Assessments, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health Services, Mental Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing and Older People, Mental Wellbeing of Older People in Care Homes, Mental Wellbeing of Older People in Care Homes (QS50), National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), NICE Quality Standard 1 (QS1), NICE Quality Standards, Nursing Older People, Nursing Standard, People with Dementia in Care Homes, Quality of Life for People Living in Care Homes, Rapid Diagnosis and Referral, Referral, Referral Protocols, Residential Care Homes, South London, Timely Referral, Wellbeing and an Ageing Population, Wellbeing in Later Life
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Opportunities for Better Integration of Physical and Mental Health (King’s Fund)
Summary The NHS Five Year Forward View touched upon the importance of better integration between physical and mental health services. Building on the NHS England Mental Health Taskforce’s recommendations, the following King’s Fund report explores this “integration frontier” in more … Continue reading
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Depression, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, King's Fund, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 3 Dimensions of Care For Diabetes (3DfD) Service, Access to Mental Health Services, Achieving Better Access to Mental Health Services by 2020/21, Acute Hospital A&E and Liaison Mental Health Teams, Acute Mental Health Care: Inpatient and Crisis Home Treatment, Acute Mental Health Services, Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS), Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Caregiving (Carers), Carers, Carers’ Health and Wellbeing, Caring for Carers, Chronic Conditions, CMHT: Community Mental Health Teams, Commissioning Acute Mental Health Care, Commissioning Liaison Mental Health Services in Acute Hospitals, Community and Mental Health Trusts, Community Mental Health, Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs), Community-Based Care, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Complex Chronic Conditions, Confusion in Care Homes, Crisis Care Concordat, Crisis Home Resolution Teams, Crisis Prevention, Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Teams (CRHTTs), Crisis Support, Delirium in Care Homes, Dementia Care in Care Homes, Diagnostic Overshadowing, Early Intervention in Psychosis, Early Referral to Mental Health Services, Five Year Forward View, Five Year Forward View for Mental Health, Five Year Forward View Mental Health Taskforce, IAPT Long Term Conditions / Medically Unexplained Symptoms (LTC/MUS) Project, IAPT: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, Improving Access to Mental Health Services, Improving Access to Psychological Therapy (IAPT), Improving Perinatal Mental Health, Independent Mental Health Taskforce to the NHS in England, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Care: From Service User Perspective, Integration of Physical and Mental Health, Interaction between Physical and Mental Health, Investment in Mental Health, Let’s Respect Resources (National Mental Health Development Unit), Liaison Mental Health Services, Liaison Mental Health Teams, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Medically Unexplained Symptoms, Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS), Mental and Physical Health, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health and Work, Mental Health Crisis, Mental Health Crisis Care, Mental Health Liaison Services in Emergency Departments and Inpatient Ward, Mental Health Problems, Mental Health Professionals in Emergency Departments, Mental Health Services, Mental Health Services in Accident and Emergency Units, Mental Health Taskforce, Mental Health Trusts, Mental Wellbeing of Older People in Care Homes, Multimorbidities and Long-Term Conditions, National Audit of Dementia (Care in General Hospitals), National Mental Health Development Unit, Nursing and Residential Homes, Older People’s Mental Health Services, Older Persons’ Mental Health, Parity Between Mental and Physical Health, Parity of Esteem, Perinatal Mental Health, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Proactive Management of Long-Term Conditions, Psychological Wellbeing for Patients with Long-Term Conditions, Public Health, Residential Homes, Risk of Dementia For People With Diabetes / Cardiovascular Disease, Social Determinants of Health, Tackling Stigma and Improving Attitudes to Mental Illness, Three Dimensions of Care For Diabetes (3DfD), Unmet Mental Health Needs, Unmet Needs, Wellbeing in Care Homes
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Mental Health: Time To Change Support for Stigma Reduction (Time To Change / BBC News / NHS England)
Summary Time to Change, the mental health anti-stigma campaign, and NHS England have together developed a training pack to support mental health professionals in tackling stigma and discrimination in NHS mental health and illness services. These resources are available to … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK
Tagged 2gether NHS Foundation Trust, Acute Mental Health Services, Adult Mental Health Services, Age Discrimination in Mental Health, Aging and Mental Health, BBC Health News, Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Community Mental Health, David Cameron, Joanne McDonnell: Senior Nurse for Mental Health and Learning Disabilities at NHS England, Mental Health Professionals, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, Reducing Stigma, Reducing Stigma and Improving Care: Everybody’s Responsibility, Service User Experience in Adult Mental Health Services, Stigma, Stigma and Discrimination, Stigma Reduction, Stigma-Free Environments, Tackling Stigma and Improving Attitudes to Mental Illness, Time to Change, Unexpected Deaths in Mental Health Trusts, Workforce Development
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